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Review of Queen of Eyes

Queen of Eyes

West of Roan

Spinster

Rating: ★★★

Take a pair of harmonising female vocalists, ask them to record outside a one-room cabin on an island off Washington...

Reviewed by Motez Bishara in issue: October/2024

Review of Little Electric Chicken Heart

Little Electric Chicken Heart

Ana Frango Elétrico

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Frango Elétrico’s name comes from the bastardisation of their original surname, Fainguelernt, and while Elétrico’s 2018 debut with its indie...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: October/2024

Review of Migrating Bird

Migrating Bird

Véronique Serret

Véronique Serret

Rating: ★★★★

Originally from Mauritius, violinist-vocalist Véronique Serret is an Australian-based musician, known for her evocative compositions and performances. Bridging across film...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2024

Review of Awakening

Awakening

Àbáse

Oshu Records & Analogue Foundation x Bridge The Gap

Rating: ★★★★

This, the critical second full-length album of Àbáse (stage name of Hungarian keyboardist and producer Szabolcs Bognár) follows up Laroyê,...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: October/2024

Review of Sometime Between Now and Never

Sometime Between Now and Never

Dumai Dunai

Dumai Dunai

Rating: ★★★

Punchy Balkan brass, bubbling dub rhythms and piquant punk guitar riffs jostle joyously on this first offering from Montréal-based Dumai...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: October/2024

Review of Latin-Soul-Rock

Latin-Soul-Rock

Fania All Stars

Craft Latino

Rating: ★★★★

Fifty years after its original release, this long out-of-print album has been remastered and reissued on vinyl and digital form....

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2024

Review of The Free Wild Wind & The Songs of Birds

The Free Wild Wind & The Songs of Birds

The Crooked Fiddle Band

Art as Catharsis

Rating: ★★★★★

Citing Norwegian chamber-prog band Meer and composer Bear McCreary as influences, The Crooked Fiddle Band’s new and lengthily-titled album comprises...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2024

Review of Nant

Nant

Poeji

Squama

Rating: ★★★★

At once calming and unsettling, meditative yet intentionally disquieting, this debut work by new collaboration Poeji gets under your skin...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2024

Review of Simple Pleasures

Simple Pleasures

Alison Brown

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

Pioneering banjo player, composer, and a key leading lady of bluegrass, Alison Brown wears many...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: October/2024

Review of Kokoro

Kokoro

Sababa 5 & Yurika

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel Aviv-based quartet Sababa 5’s third full-length album in as many years is, in fact, a compilation of the A...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2024

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